The SCANDAL that RUINED a Village in CORNWALL True Crime mystery

[@hamsterhuey9495]

Absolutely one of themost riviting videos I have seen, loved every second, you had me hanging on the edge of my seat. Great detective work, Mr and Mrs Sherlock 🥰

[@CornishWalkingTrails]

Wow, thanks! Sarah :)

[@NickPenlee]

You might want to check the burial records for Crowlas and Gulval on the off chance that Henry was buried in either of those two places!

[@Claire-kj3vy]

Fascinating story today. We love your stories and the old books. Really interesting. Thank you x

[@CornishWalkingTrails]

Our pleasure!

[@liannetoop1785]

Hi guys, another lovely vid! I always share your walks with my dad (81, lives in maen valley, near falmouth) as he used to do alot of walking but sadly can't anymore. This is the next best thing, thankyou xx

[@CornishWalkingTrails]

Say ‘Hi!’ To your Dad from us! Sarah :)

[@cherylyork8556]

Love learning more about Cornwall's history - such an interesting video! Nice research too!

[@CornishWalkingTrails]

Thank you! Sarah :)

[@DebbieSeaKay]

Please can you do a book list!!! I've got some of the books mentioned in your videos, and searching for others - but it would be great if you could do a book list. I LOVE your Cornish walk videos, best I've ever seen. I reckon the Gorsedd should make you both Bards x

[@CornishWalkingTrails]

😂 Cornish Bards! I very much doubt that Gorsedd have even heard of us! Sarah :)

[@tractorgirl8124]

Cornwall is too beautiful to worry about the weather 😊❤

[@bernicebest]

Rather a grisly tale, but a great story for a dark and stormy night, thanks for sending shivers down my spine, 😱 have to smile at your description Sarah of Andrew being Mr. Cynical 😂 I agree who knows if this pair of lovers were in the murder plot together 🤷‍♀️ it sounds like a most intriguing Agatha Christie Novel, I think Cornwall has many such interesting stories yet to be told and you are the couple to tell them with your delightful sense of humour:) 🥰🥀🤗

[@CornishWalkingTrails]

Thank you Bernice! Glad you enjoyed it! Sarah :)

[@cg8049]

Well, well well 🤭... what a to do all them years ago. Love the old history books and super sleuthing to discover what lies hidden over time. Another wonderful video Thank you for such a thorough investigation of myth and murder

[@milesbrown8016]

Yes they did a lot of research to try and establish the facts surrounding the gruesome event. Well done 👍🏻

[@CornishWalkingTrails]

Thank you! Yes, indeed it took a bit of time! Sarah :)

[@esthermorrissey1454]

What an amazing story - from the start to the end we found this to be really interesting & it drew us in. Well done - pity about the weather - our Summer 3 days of wonderful sunshine followed by a good thunder storm and 5 days of rain - Cornwall is notorious for it ha ha!! Well done you 2, another great story from your wonderful ‘old’ books.

[@CornishWalkingTrails]

Our pleasure! Sarah :)

[@roxystephens3158]

Wonderful episode. Thank you. Cheers from western Canada! 🖐🍁🖐

[@ianecclestone-joyce4126]

These events are detailed as part of Bodmin Jails exhibition

[@CornishWalkingTrails]

How interesting! Sarah :)

[@AnthropoidOne]

Love the brick chair. Far out! Kerr-razy 🇺🇸

[@CornishWalkingTrails]

So cool! Sarah :)

[@Somersetmanwalking]

Really enjoyable watch again both👌👍👍

[@CornishWalkingTrails]

Thank you so much 👍

[@ColleenC-n5v]

The two of you are just great….so playful and well-researched legend and lore…..Cornwall seems enchanting……love to you both…..☮💜✝💜☮

[@CornishWalkingTrails]

Thank you! Sarah :)

[@TravellingTorunn]

This was a great story. Thank you for digging into the history. I believe very many people have been victims of injustice and got put in jail or executed without being guilty. That said - she might very well be guilty of this murder. But I definitely doubt the tales about the devil 😃 Great to see Tremenheere Sculpture Garden and Ludgvan church again. I have visited both. The garden is beautiful and interesting. And the plant shop at the entrance is really good. Have a lovely weekend and thank you again. Torunn 🥰

[@CornishWalkingTrails]

Hi Torunn! We love the sculpture garden too! Always tempted to start a succulent garden at home when I visit! Sarah :)

[@paulshilton5370]

Excellent video. You two are like detectives solving a mystery. Much background hard work gone into this video, well done Sarah and Andrew. May I ask, what are you laughing at when Mevagissey is mentioned in the intros?

[@allanfettah4686]

Fascinating. You've left no stone unturned in trying to find Henry!

[@andybinns4993]

you guys should look into the story of Tempest of Tehidy.

[@davidrowley-ic6dx]

Well … there’s certainly no shortage of Arsenic in Cornwall !! Would think your best chance of digging out the truth would be to seek access to the church records … often not scanned or available via internet sites. This should include records of the original marriage, which should then give you a maiden name for Sarah … and so potentially lead to her place of birth and establish her background to some degree. Equally, these same church records should also reflect the initial death/interment of the victim … since any final resting place could be anywhere following the investigation and trial. This, of course, all assumes you can definitely identify the parish where the couple actually attended church … which, unlike today, it is almost certain they would have been regular attendees. Nonetheless … a truly ripping yarn 😮 complete with haunted churchyard 😮😮

[@CornishWalkingTrails]

We did a ton of research for this one, so will be drawing a line now, but thanks for the suggestion! Sarah :)

[@barleyarrish]

That was so interesting Sarah and Andrew, it had me hooked for al sorts of Reasons and at the end I my mind was jumping. Coincidence: you started the video at Tremenheere Sculpture Garden,and finish at Ludgevan church with a view of the Rectory accross the road. That is significant as the Cannon Boscowan of Lugvan Rectory had a Garden of Exotic Plants which was his passion, he remains a strong influence on the exotic plant lovers of West Cornwall (and beyond), the connection with Tremenheere? Dr Neil Armstrong, the founder of the Sculpture Garden shares that influence of Cannon Boscowan, in the early days Neil and a few others myself included used to meet in a pub, and would talk about Ludgevan Rectory, Eagles Nest etc. Which all led to the formation of the West Cornwall Garden Club and then Tremenheere. So your video seemed to have a hidden Tangent, Alpha & Omega unknown to you. We also just outside the door on the terrace where I write this is a willow leaved Podocarp tree (Podocarpus salignus) which is a cutting taken from the huge one in Gulval Churchyard, Every time I hear a stange noise outside at night now I will be wondering if there isn't a lost ghost outside? Smashing Video, loved it!

[@pilesofparagraphs]

Such an interesting story. Thank you for sharing it with us. So much research went into this. Hope you are both doing well. Hugs.

[@CornishWalkingTrails]

Our pleasure! And glad you enjoyed the story! Sarah :)

[@colinbaker3415]

If this is a murder story , lock Andrew up for murdering those puns.😅

[@CornishWalkingTrails]

Terrible weren’t they!!! 😂🙂😂 Sarah :)

[@bobspeller2225]

One of the best stories you've recorded and a very interesting video. All the best Bob

[@SyKerry]

Great story and I love your videos. Curious as to why you kept using a photograph of a man each time you mentioned the murdered farmer.... photography hadn't been invented at the time of his demise..... so who is the photograph of then?..... is it a photograph possibly of the only recorded occurrence of someone from Redruth actually working?...... yes, I'm from Camborne ha ha.

[@CornishWalkingTrails]

We explained right at the end of the video….Sarah :)

[@SyKerry]

I just fast forwarded to the end of the video. I stopped the video just as you said bye.... I hang my head in unfinished shame, you did explain as you say. 😂​@CornishWalkingTrails

[@brittaedwards7415]

I love your adventures. Thank you for sharing and the effort you make with explaining local history xx

[@CornishWalkingTrails]

Glad you enjoyed it! Sarah :)

[@avalondreaming1433]

You have a lovely, calming voice.

[@jankitteringham8483]

Brilliant story and Jokes Andrew. Thankyou! 🇬🇧🥰

[@CornishWalkingTrails]

Even on a serious topic, we had to have some dreadful puns! Sarah :)

[@sallydingle321]

Always a fascinating watch guys 👌🙏. Quite a sad story really.. whatever happened. After watching your video on Trebah gardens... took a trip there a few days ago... a really enjoyable trip so thanks for the reminder about it. The hydrangeas were magnificent and at their best 💖. Looking forward to your next vlog 🥰

[@CornishWalkingTrails]

Oh wow! It’s a beautiful escape from life!! So tranquil! Sarah :)

[@juliebrooke6099]

Super interesting video and obviously an awful lot of research has been done by you both.

[@helenbosworth5950]

Enjoyed the video canit wait for next video

[@CornishWalkingTrails]

Glad you enjoyed, thank you! Sarah :)

[@carotrike]

Thank you so much for returning to your old format! We much prefer hearing your wonderfully researched stories from your collection of old books, compared to hearing about places that we loved when we lived in Cornwall falling out of favour. This was a really interesting story too! If memory serves, I think cholera victims would have been buried in the churchyard. If you visit the church in Luxulyan, many of the people died I the same year. They had a cholera epidemic caused by bad water in the Wells. They had record floods which washed manure tainted water into the Wells.

[@CornishWalkingTrails]

Sadly, the problem with this format is that it doesn’t attract the views, and we will be lead by the audience to make videos that get watched. This format requires a ton of work, which we, ultimately do not have the time to commit every week, especially if it doesn’t attract as many views! Sarah :)

[@ernieboy16]

Hi guys, found this, as a possibility? Sarah TREMEARNE Baptised 21 May 1788 St Ives Father Richard Mother Ann

[@user-Juneybee53]

Great one! Love, murder and pilgrimage! An all round good walk and mystery 🙏🏾

[@CornishWalkingTrails]

Thank you! Sarah :)

[@dudmanjohn]

Well researched and presented. Interesting story and we know who to blame for the rain 😉.

[@GeraldStarner]

Check out book. The History of Bodmin Jail by Bill Johnson.

[@lionelmarytravels6003]

Very interesting story and very well told. Thank you both. You've clearly done a great deal of research on this subject

[@steve-r-collier]

have you looked into the aliester crowley and d.h.lawrence happenings near zennor?

[@rebeccarendle3706]

Really fun vlog guys! Happy with longer videos😊.

[@kaycresswell6179]

Very interesting I live in perranporth ( originally from the midlands ) loved your story hope you do lots more .

[@bobbynoggin]

Very interesting. Did you notice the Restless Temple in the field at the beginning of the video. An interesting structure that moves with the wind and has its own webcam on KZbin.

[@2bluehorizons4]

I love to have someone read a story to me. Thank you.

[@CornishWalkingTrails]

😊

[@thelazychefuk4410]

I would think that Hunt wrote the name in the way that he heard it. So, maybe that was the correct way of saying it back in the day. correct to the locals anyway.

[@paulinnanjing]

The marriage to Henry was allegedly bigamous.

[@kevinknuckey7289]

We did this on Saturday Ludgvan to Gulval first time didn’t encounter the naughty chestnut horse lovely views of the bay just saying when women murder they tend to use poison not getting there hands dirty her lover probably had more to do with it next week we will do Ludgvan to Trencrom on St Micheals way 👌🥟🍺😉👍👍

[@pollywollydo]

Nice story.I found her burial at Bodmin jail.I took a pic,it was+on ancestry

[@BobSmith-dl7lh]

If it helps there is a holy well shown at Ludgvan church ont the Cornwall Council interactive map

[@jeffreycarson3183]

A lot of wells and springs and even streams became dry after mining drainage reduced the water table.

[@CornishWalkingTrails]

Very true, at the time of mining activity! More likely that the road went over the top! Sarah :)

[@Duffbeer3107]

Hi ya, that story of the lady who poisoned her husband and was hung is part of the Bodmin Jail attraction now, we recognised it as soon as you started to describe it. It’s vividly played out in front of you.

[@YvetteWINSTONE-bl8jr]

Totally fascinating story thanks for sharing xx

[@caughtnyfish6073]

Great story. I wonder what the testing would involve in those days to establish the presence of arsenic and if it was reliable then? Could arsenic have been introduced after the body was exhumed and prior to testing by someone.

[@tractorgirl8124]

Another really interesting and fantastic video 👏👍

[@CornishWalkingTrails]

Glad you enjoyed it, we thought it was a good story! Sarah :)

[@Amberlillyshandmade]

Very interesting video. 👍

[@dthomp06]

Fascinating but grisly story. Loved Andrew’s jokes at the beginning.

[@CornishWalkingTrails]

Thank you! We had to get the puns over with and then concentrate on the serious stuff!! 🙂 Sarah :)

[@paulsharpe4655]

If you wikipedia "The Marsh Test" and scroll down to "First Notable Application" there is an interesting and parallel story to one you tell. This was the birth of forensic toxicology. Interesting !!

[@CornishWalkingTrails]

How interesting! So perhaps it was either this case, or happened a lot!!! Sarah :)

[@deanmcmahon9678]

Great video as always. A really fascinating story and is one they present on the new Bodmin Jail experience (which I highly recommend). They present there that she did infact murder her husband but he was a violent and abusive man. Love these sorts of story's and videos, Thank you for making them :)

[@CornishWalkingTrails]

I guess the truth ultimately died with the characters in this story, which makes me reluctant to say one way or another! Contemporary accounts, although embellished, may be more reliable than conclusions drawn today - who knows?!? Fascinating! Sarah :)

[@gordonsimpson3235]

Great story guys!

[@CornishWalkingTrails]

Thank you! Sarah :)

[@ageeibc6029]

Oh, l am ready. I lend you my ears. Looks interesting with an arm chair ready for me in an open lawn. Can l share your breakfast too? Piping hot coffee please. Thanks.

[@CornishWalkingTrails]

Go for it! Sarah :) 🤣

[@gloriadoidge8422]

Thankyou.That was so very interesting.Love the scenery, and the history.

[@CornishWalkingTrails]

Our pleasure! Sarah :)

[@marieryan2541]

Hi Sarah and Andrew. The start of Sarah was really fascinating and interesting. As to whether she killed her husband or not is a mystery but if he had been ill doctors did back then prescribed some medication which contained arsnic or some took it for relaxation purposes. Although it is more than likely she brought it for the rats people back ten was not so careful about health and safety as they are today.

[@CornishWalkingTrails]

I agree! Just because it was in the house, doesn’t mean she did it, Sarah :)

[@neilbradford9752]

As I write we are in the middle of some very warm weather in southern England so I’m hoping it’s now come to you , another great video , thank you 👍

[@CornishWalkingTrails]

We have some sunshine too now thankfully! But being peak tourist season, we are staying in the garden!!! Sarah :)

[@JoannaLouise200]

Fascinating story, and love the cross-referencing with your antiquarian collection of books on old Cornwall histories, legends & walks, and how it relates to the areas you explore (real detective work!). The church, churchyard and surrounding lanes definitely have an uncanny oppressive 'atmosphere' to them, as if there was a great sadness & loss...maybe a miscarriage of justice that has left a mysterious void. I wonder if she really did the deed, or whether she was the victim of rumour & spite...a little like the 'witch' hunts two centuries before.

[@CornishWalkingTrails]

I echo your thoughts, and my doubts probably lies with the investigative skills at the time! A lot of it seems to be hearsay, and based on a popularity contest! Sarah :)

[@craigrholmes]

Waiting to watch this with my mum tomorrow (we always watch them together), but curious as to why the thumbnail and name were changed.

[@CornishWalkingTrails]

Yes! Not a quick one to explain! Lots of pressure from KZbin, telling us no one was clicking on the video and it was on its knees, basically dying. You get about 6 hours from time of release before KZbin assign your video to the KZbin bin! KZbin is hard! VERY hard. You have to be mentally strong and reactive to avoid becoming another failed channel! Sarah :)

[@markosborne6971]

Great video best yet

[@CornishWalkingTrails]

Wow, thanks! Sarah :)

[@traceymayo1583]

I really enjoyed that, thank you :) love to you both xx

[@CornishWalkingTrails]

Our pleasure! Sarah :)

[@juliaogara8794]

Love the one liners😍😍. Please don’t stop them

[@CornishWalkingTrails]

Could never stop Andrew and his one liners! Sarah :)

[@LoveFalmouth]

I can't imagine that if Henry was suspected of dying from cholera and buried in a mass grave, they wouldn't have been able to exume the body. When you talked about the holy well it reminded me of Dell boy and peckham spring 😂😂

[@CornishWalkingTrails]

😂oh yes! Bottling the tap water!! Sarah :)

[@michaelinglis3566]

Hi Sarah and Andrew , loved your story and love all your videos , so informative and interesting , BUT please , please , please Andrew , give us a break from your silly and unnecessary puns and "funny" comments , maybe your future is at Plymouth Comedy Club . Try leaving the commentary to Sarah , she is so good at it , thank you Sarah , sorry to be a bit negative xx

[@CornishWalkingTrails]

Gosh! Bit mean to Andrew! They are tongue in cheek after all! And others have enjoyed them, just look at the comments, Sarah :)

[@paulhardingharding3192]

Well well, where's the well ?!!

[@CornishWalkingTrails]

😂

[@thewalkingvegan]

Watched your video on the TV and couldn't work out how to add a comment so have added from my phone. Very interesting video, love the historical facts and intrigue you find 😀

[@CornishWalkingTrails]

Awesome! Thank you! Unfortunately TV watching is more and more commonplace now, thank for leaving a comment! Sarah :)

[@kestrel230]

Easier to sail in a fruit boat than a gravy boat... 😂

[@CornishWalkingTrails]

😂🤣😂 very good! Sarah :)

[@lisahopper207]

Andrew is so funny 😂 just been to Cornwall Penzance ,Newlyn ,mouse hole,marazion ,porthleven, st Ives, st just, sennen, lands end , oh how I love Cornwall had family grew up in Cornwall. I just love you guys and all the places and stories xx

[@CornishWalkingTrails]

Nice one! You got around a bit! Sarah :)

[@chuffers77787]

Miss your lovely walks with your 2 dogs. I feel this would hv been a great 5 minute tale as part of a walk, but I feel personally you hung it out too long! Ha ha Seriously though please do more cornish walks even if covering old ground again. Thank you.

[@CornishWalkingTrails]

Thanks for your feedback but unfortunately that format was not as popular, it doesn’t get as many views and was tremendously hard work. Sarah

[@EllenPetersson-zs8wc]

Thank you thank you ❤

[@CornishWalkingTrails]

You are so welcome

[@suerobertson5132]

always interesting history u share, LOVE ur walks and stories, Love the start," CSI mevagissy " 🐨🐨🦘🦘

[@CornishWalkingTrails]

Glad you enjoyed! Thank you! Sarah :)